Still three Wales? Social location and electoral behaviour in contemporary Wales

Scully, Roger ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-7846 and Wyn Jones, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7698-5959 2012. Still three Wales? Social location and electoral behaviour in contemporary Wales. Electoral Studies 31 (4) , pp. 656-667. 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.07.007

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Abstract

Wales provides a notable exception to the contemporary academic consensus that electoral behaviour is best studied via choice-based approaches. In Wales, the orthodoxy remains that of the Three-Wales Model, an approach formulated in the 1980s which saw voting behaviour as defined by class, language and national identity. This article submits the Three-Wales Model to detailed scrutiny for the first time. The model is argued to have been constructed on a very narrow theoretical basis, and on flawed measurements. Most importantly, however, the Three-Wales Model is shown to have little empirical leverage on voting behaviour in Wales – either for the period when it was formulated or for more recent elections. Factors associated with ‘valence politics’ theories are shown to provide far greater insight into voting behaviour in contemporary Wales.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Wales; Electoral behaviour; Three-Wales Model; Valence politics
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0261-3794
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/38724

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